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Real history
Nelson M. Smith founded Belle Plain in 1875 around a planned college. It became county seat in 1877 and had about 400 people by the mid-1880s, but the seat moved to Baird in 1883, the college closed in 1892 (Wikipedia). The Handbook of Texas says the post office was discontinued in October 1909 (Handbook of Texas); Wikipedia gives 1907.
Ghost stories
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Then and now
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Public access
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